Tour the Arctic the Victorian way in Providence Tuesday, June 3

Take a trip on Tuesday to the Arctic the way most Victorian-era Americans would have — via photographs and Magic Lantern shows. Russell Potter, a professor of English at Rhode Island College and author...

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Posted May. 30, 2014 @ 12:01 am

Take a trip on Tuesday to the Arctic the way most Victorian-era Americans would have — via photographs and Magic Lantern shows.

Russell Potter, a professor of English at Rhode Island College and author of “Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture 1818-1875,” illustrates his talk with images from his book, lantern slides of the period from the collection of The Providence Athenaeum and original engravings.

The program, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St., Providence, is free and open to the public.